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Seventh Day Baptists (German) (1728 - Present) - Religious Group

Religious Family: Baptist
Religious Tradition: Unclassified
Description: Under the leadership of Johann Conrad Beissel in 1728, a group of German Baptists separated from their brethren over the issue of the sabbath. They formed a self-sufficient, monastic community at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. This monastic community eventually dissolved with the death of the last member in 1900, but a small group still meets on the property, and the Salemville church within this tradition continues to host a small but active congregation.
Official Site: https://germanseventhdaybaptist.com/
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Seventh Day Baptists (German), Members (1925 - 1951)1


Seventh Day Baptists (German), Ministers & Churches (1925 - 1951)1


Seventh Day Baptists (German), Trends (1925 - 1951)1

YEAR MEMBERS MINISTERS CHURCHES
1925 175 4 3
1929 175 1 3
1935 500 4 3
1937 500 3
1940 108 2
1942 125 2
1951 150 4 3
       

Sources

1 All data on clergy, members, and churches are taken from the National Council of Churches’ Historic Archive CD and recent print editions of the Council’s Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The CD archives all 68 editions of the Yearbook (formerly called Yearbook of the Churches and Yearbook of American Churches) from 1916 to 2000. Read more information on the Historic Archive CD and the Yearbook.

Membership figures are "inclusive." According to the Yearbook, this includes "those who are full communicant or confirmed members plus other members baptized, non-confirmed or non-communicant." Each denomination has its own criteria for membership.

When a denomination listed on the Historic Archive CD was difficult to identify, particularly in early editions of the Yearbook, the ARDA staff consulted numerous sources, including Melton’s Encyclopedia of American Religions and the Handbook of Denominations in the United States. In some cases, ARDA staff consulted the denomination’s website or contacted its offices by phone. When a denomination could not be positively identified, its data were omitted.

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